Origin: Asia
Habitat: open land, woodland and woodmargins
Colony type: monogyne
Queen size: 12mm – 13mm
Workers size: 3mm – 9mm
Food: Insects, sugar
Humidity: 50 – 60%
Temperature: 25 – 29 degrees
Hibernation: not necessary but a few weeks of diapause in winter will benefit
Colony type: claustral
Colony size: a few 10.000 workers
Difficulty: 3/5